[gcruse]

To the Saudis, a democratic Palestinian nation would be a
cancer in the Arab world, a destabilizing example of freedom that
would threaten Arab dictators everywhere.

Hadn't thought of that.  It makes sense.

[Peter Porcupine]

To the Saudis, a democratic Palestinian nation would be a cancer in the Arab world, a destabilizing example of freedom that would threaten Arab dictators everywhere.

Hadn't thought of that. It makes sense.

A democratic Palestinian nation? Has anyone broached the subject to Arafat? (/sarcasm)

[aristeides]

That's also why the Saudis opposed going on to Baghdad in 1991. A democratic Iraq would have been just as much a danger to them as a democratic Palestine.